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“The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.” quote by Beth Henley — Download Open image

“The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.”

Beth Henley

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My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.

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Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class.

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